Brighton Chain Pier, c.1890. The 'Royal Suspension Chain Pier' was built in 1823 mainly as a landing stage for cross-channel sailing ships (and later packet steamers) to France and along the English coast. Designed by Samuel Brown it was a...

Big skies over part of Chichester Harbour - here can be seen Chichester Channel as viewed from near to Itchenor in West Sussex, southern England. On the horizon stands part of the South Downs National Park.

View c. 1880 of Menai Suspension Bridge over the Menai Strait in its original form with a wooden road surface linking the Isle of Anglesey with mainland Wales near Bangor, Gwynd. Designed by Thomas Telford it was one of the world's first suspension...

Clifton Suspension Bridge above the Avon Gorge, Bristol, c.1880. The bridge was designed by Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel and work began in 1831 on the twin towers. Money problems meant that by 1843 only the stone towers were in place....